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Thefe are all Ammcan Plants, 

 where the Fruit is eaten as Figs: 

 They lie in the Way in great Plenty, 

 and being Thorny, are injurious to 

 thofe who pafs among them na- 

 ked. The eleventh as to its out- 

 ward Shew, Teems to be no very 

 rare or curious Plant, but it has a 

 very fine Flower, which beginning 

 to open it felf about the Evening, 

 falls after Midnight ,• and hence it 

 \% call'd, 'HA/o?>y>A?, i. e. jhunnmg 

 the Sun. The tenth Sort bears 

 Figs ot a moil delicate Tafte ; it 

 is call'd Cereus, bccaufe it is, as it 

 were, a Kind of T^per or Torch, 

 which the Servants carry on Nights 

 before their Mafters. 



Not that it is call'd fo from its 

 Refemblance to a Torch, but be- 

 cauie when thefe Plants have been 

 cut down, and dry'd upon the 

 Ground, they dip them into Oil, 

 nnd burn them as Torches, for 

 which Purpofe they ferve very 

 well. 



The Characters are j 



It hath no Leazies ^ the Stems 

 are thick and [iicculent j are angu- 

 lar ami furrorv'd, each Angle being 

 artn^d with ftjarp S fines, -which are 

 frodtic'd in Clujiers : The Flowers 

 emfjl of many fiat Leaves, vphich 

 expand themjelves fome-cchat like a 

 Marygold : In the Center of the 

 Tlovper is produced a great Number 

 pf StamJna {or Threads) which ap- 

 pear veryfpecious : The Fruit, which 

 "is fiejhyffoft, and like to that of the 

 Indian Fig, is produced from the 

 Side of the Plant, without any 

 Footfialk, immediately under the 

 Flower. 



The Species are ; 



1. Cereus ; erecius, altijjimus, 

 Syrinamenfis. Far. Bat. The large 

 upright Torch- Thiftie from Suri- 

 nam. 



2. Cereus i erecius, qxAdrangn- 



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lus, cojlis alarum injlar affurgenti- 

 bus. Boerh. Ind. The four-cor- 

 ner'd upright Torch-Thiftle. 



3 . Cereus ; ereBus, fruciu rubro, 

 non fpinofo, lanuginofus, lanugine 



flavefiente. Far. Bat. The up- 

 right Torch-Thiftle, with yellow 

 Down and red Fruit without 

 Spines. 



4. Cereus j erecius, crajjijjimusy 

 maxime angulofus, fpinis albis, plu- 

 rimus, longijjimis, lanugine fla-vA. 

 Boerh. Ind. The largeft upright 

 Torch-Thiftle, with large Angles 

 and white Spines, having a yellow 

 Down on the Top. t 



5". Cereus ; erecius, gracilis, fpi' 

 nojijjimus ; fpinis fiavis, polygo7ius^ 

 lanugine . alba pallefcente. Boerh. 

 Ind. The lefter upright Torch- 

 Thiftle, with many Angles and 

 yellow Spines, with a white Down 

 on the Top. 



6. Cereus ^ erecius, gracilior, 

 fpinofijji'mus, fpinis albis, polygonus. 

 Boerh. Ind. The lefler upright 

 Torch-Thiftle, with white Spines. 



7. Cereus } altijjimus, gracilior, 

 fuciu extus luteo, intus niveo, femi- 

 nibus nigris pleno. Sloan. Cat. Jam.. 

 The lefter upright Torch-Thiftle, 

 commonly called, the lefter Dildo 

 Tree in Jamaica, 



8. Cereus j maximus, fruBt* 

 fpinDfo,rubro. Far. Bat. The great- 

 eft Torch-Thiftle, with red prick- 

 ly Fruit. 



9. Cereus J frandens, minor, tri- 

 gonus, articulatus, fruciufuavijjimo. 

 Far. Bat. The lefter triangular 

 creeping, jointed Torch-Thiftle, 

 with the fweeteft Fruit, commonly 

 call'd in Barbados, the True prick- 

 ly Pear. 



10. Cereus ; crijiatus, ereBus, 

 foliis triangularibus, profunde cana- 

 liculatis. Fink. Fhyt. The crefted 

 triangular Torch-Thiftle, with deep 

 Furrows. 



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